Timing of N fertilization on N2 fixation, N recovery and soil profile nitrate dynamics on sorghum/pigeonpea intercrops on Alfisols on the semi-arid tropics

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-208

  Adu Gyamfi, Joseph J ^a   Ito, O ^b   Yoneyama, T ^b   Devi, Gayatri ^a   Katayama, K ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency; Intercropping; N budget; Pigeonpea; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; CAJANUS CAJAN;

ALFISOL; FERTILIZER; INTERCROPPING; NITROGEN; PIGEONPEA; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL SOLUTION; SORGHUM; TROPICAL AREA;

AFRICA, (EAST); INDIA;

EID: 0031397758     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009788818738     Document Type: Article

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